Smile For The Picture

Have you ever hidden yourself to please somebody?

To make them feel at ease?

Have you ever stuffed the fullness of your soul down back into your pocket, rest your hand on it knowing it’s there but knowing there’s no point bringing it out to be seen?

Have you been keeping it so hidden these days even you can’t remember quite what it looks like?

Have you ever shown yourself fully to somebody and been understood?

Celebrated?

Have you ever withdrawn your soul from your pocket, revealing your secrets to fascinated eyes and a bright smile?

Have you ever felt the security of knowing your can speak your mind, truly and without filter?

Have you ever been held and loved and desired for exactly who you are today?

Do you have any photographs you pretended to be happy for?

I wrote this song as part of writing a song a day for two weeks and it eventually became part of my 2024 album ‘Sunshine Special’.